Kwame Ture
June 29, 1941 · 85 years old
Kwame Ture was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.
Known For
8 titles
Black Panthers
A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
Berkeley in the Sixties
A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
Malcolm X
James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.
LBJ
A montage of 1960s America, all focused on the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
South to Black Power
Charles M. Blow calls for a "reverse Great Migration" of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today's political power structures while reclaiming the land and culture they left behind.
The FBI's War on Black America
The FBI's War on Black America looks at a dark period in our country's history. The film is a documentary exploration of the lives and deaths of people targeted by the US government's ...